How can I upload images and reference to them?

[Anon]

Hello, I am a first time caller!
I have a form that allows a layman to create a news story by setting the title and body fields.

I would like to add 5 file upload fields that the user could upload images and then they could simply reference them in the body field by placing a IMAGE FLAG where they want the image to appear.

This should be a simple process for the user. i.e. fill out the form, place the proper falags in the body, select upto 5 images and then upload.

Can this be done?

If so, how?

I have already got the simple form working with MySQL but adding the images is beyond me.

[Anon]

Greg,

This is the way I have done it:

IMAGE UPLOAD FORM

// Make sure you have the "enctype" set

<form action="insert_doc.php3" method="post" name="insert" enctype="multipart/form-data">

<input type="file" name="file">

// this will be the new filename when it is uploaded
<input type="text" name="newfilename">

</form>

UPLOAD TO DATABASE

mysql_query("INSERT INTO table_name VALUES('$newfilename')") or die (mysql_error());

copy($file, "upload_folder/$filename");

// make sure upload_folder is CHMOD 777

OUTPUT IMAGES

You could use str_replace to make it simple to add images:

$output = str_replace('[image1]', '<img src=\"$image1\">', $output);

where [image1] is what the user would put in their code and it would be replaced by <img src="image1.gif">

You will need to do some more work on this to get it working how you want it, but hopefully it will put you on the right tracks.

Mike

www.digitalegg.net